name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
stang
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋ/ without æ-raising
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈstæŋ] without æ-raising
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British, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /ˈstaŋ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈstaŋ/
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Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈstaŋɡ/ without the NG-coalescence
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/ˈsteɪŋ/ US, Canada, æ-raising
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[ˈsteɪ̯ŋ] US, Canada, æ-raising
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[ˈstɛ̃ŋ] US, Canada, æ-raising
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Australian: /ˈstæŋ/
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Australian: /ˈstæːŋ/
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Australian: [ˈsteːŋ] æ-raising
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rhymes with -æŋ
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CMU ARPABET: S T AE1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Ford Mustang
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Meaning 3
A forked ritual staff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Wicca, lifestyle, paganism, religion
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noun
Meaning 4
A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
Clipping of Mustang, a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
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verb
Meaning 7
To shoot with pain, to sting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To spear; to sting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, transitive
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verb
Meaning 9
simple past of sting
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, form-of, past, rare
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History
Etymology
From the German and Jewish surname, from the noun Stange (“pole”).
Inherited from Middle English stang, stong, from Old Norse stǫng, from Proto-Germanic *stangiz, *stangō (“bar, rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengh-, *stegh- (“to stick, sting, prick, be stiff”).
Inherited from Middle English stangen, from Old Norse stanga (“prick, goad”).
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